Replace Ruby link validation with Python

build/validate_links.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import httplib2
+import json
+import socket
+import sys
+
+
+def parse_links(filename):
+    """Returns a list of links from JSON object"""
+    data = json.load(open(filename))
+    links = []
+    for entry in data['entries']:
+        link = entry['Link']
+        https = True if link.startswith('https') else False
+        x = {
+            'link': link,
+            'https': https,
+        }
+        links.append(x)
+    return links
+
+
+def validate_links(links):
+    """Checks each entry in JSON file for live link"""
+    print('Validating {} links...'.format(len(links)))
+    errors = []
+    for each in links:
+        link = each['link']
+        h = httplib2.Http(disable_ssl_certificate_validation=True, timeout=5)
+        try:
+            resp = h.request(link, 'HEAD')
+            code = int(resp[0]['status'])
+            # check if status code is a client or server error
+            if code >= 404:
+                errors.append('{}: {}'.format(code, link))
+        except TimeoutError:
+            errors.append("TMO: " + link)
+        except socket.error as socketerror:
+            errors.append("SOC: {} : {}".format(socketerror, link))
+    return errors
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    num_args = len(sys.argv)
+    if num_args < 2:
+        print("No .json file passed")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    errors = validate_links(parse_links(sys.argv[1]))
+    if len(errors) > 0:
+        for err in errors:
+            print(err)
+        sys.exit(1)
+